He’s known for being the Puerto Rican white nationalist who calls himself “Spanish” but swears he isn’t racist. But now Alex Michael Ramos is behind bars after turning himself in for taking part in the beating of Deandre Harris in Charlottesville, Va.

On Aug. 12, during the Unite the Right rally, Ramos, along with Daniel Borden and several unidentified attackers, pummeled Harris with poles and other objects in a parking garage just several feet away from a police department. But according to Ramos, he was acting in self-defense.